Melchior
About Melchior
The least used of the Three Wise Men's names, but a strong option for bold namers to consider.
The exact origins of Melchior are unknown, but it is speculated that it derived from either the Hebrew roots melekh and 'or, together meaning "king of light," or the Persian melk and quart, taken to mean "city of the king."
Pronounced MEL-kee-or.
As of October 2026, Melchior ranked #13723 in US births in 2007 SSA, peaked at #2754 in 1915.
Editor's take: The name Melchior is a boy's name of Polish origin meaning "city of the king; king of light".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Melchior on lists
Famous Melchiors
- Saint Melchior
one of the three Magi
- Saint Melchior Grodziecki
Polish martyr
- Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Dutch bird painter
- Melchior Lengyel (born Lebovics Menyhért)
Hungarian novelist and playwright
- Melchior Anderegg
Swiss mountaineer
- Melchior Ndadaye
4th President of Burundi
- Melchior Hoffman
German Anabaptist prophet and leader
- Melchior Klesl
Austrian statesman and cardinal
- Melchior Lobkowicz
son of Prince Maximilian & Princess Alina Lobkowicz
- Melchior Franziskus Ansi
Polish,German baroque painter
- Friedrich Melchior
Baron von Grimm, German,French journalist, art critic and diplomat
Melchior in pop culture
- Melchior Gabor
main character in musical "Spring Awakening"
- Melchior
villain in animated series "Teen Titans"
- Melchior Sturmthal
banner,bearer of Berne in Sir Walter Scott's "Anne of Geierstein" (1829)
- Melchior
One of the three Magi computers in Japanese anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion"